Christie’s Online Magazine No. 161

How a firebrand politician known as ‘The Tiger’ inspired Monet to explore hidden depths



Long presumed lost, an important 16th-century drawing by a fabled Italian fresco painter



‘Oh my god, what’s that?’ Tales of the unexpected from Peter Petrou, dealer in eclectic objects



Better than Turner? The life and premature death of the artist who might have eclipsed him



Did Rome’s Turtle Fountain have a significant say in some of Caravaggio’s greatest paintings?



Design duo Salvesen Graham show how ‘maximalism’ can make for memorable interiors


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Editor’s picks





This Yves Saint Laurent haute couture cocktail dress was made for Catherine Deneuve and exhibited in the YSL retrospective at the Met in 1983

Estimate: €3,000-5,000
24 January, Paris






The Four Horsemen is arguably Dürer’s most dramatic composition, and this impression is outstanding for its print quality and state of preservation

Estimate: $250,000-350,000
29 January, New York






Swiss artist and illustrator Carl Moos won a silver medal for his posters in the art competitions of the 1928 Olympic Games

Estimate: £20,000-25,000
29 January, London






Fashioned from spruce, these 19th-century snow goggles were used by the Inupiaq during particularly harsh weather in north-west Alaska

Estimate: £3,000-5,000
30 January, London


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Georges Clemenceau and Claude Monet in the garden at Giverny. Photo: Private Collection / Roger-Viollet, Paris / Bridgeman Images // John Opie, Portrait of Thomas Girtin, 1800. Oil on canvas. © Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, UK / Bridgeman Images // From left: Caravaggio (Michelangelo da Merisi), John the Baptist, circa 1602. Oil on canvas. 129 cm x 95 cm. Musei Capitolini, Rome. Photo: Scala, Florence. Taddeo Landini’s figures on the Turtle Fountain in Piazza Mattei, Rome. Photo: Toby Glanville